Garment hanger



R. SKLAAR GARMENT HANGER m hg, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 5. 1945INVENTOR RiCHARD SKLAAR BY ATTORNEYS March 6,1951 R, sK A 2,543,810

' QARMENT HANGER Filed Feb, 6, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fin 6.

. INVENTbR Rggmao SKLAAR B y V ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 6, 1 951 R ha dfik aa ch assi noh y 1me'sne. assignments, 29 K 8; S Corp, Baltimemorailia 1 45.. spe m. 516 195 h invention. rela e o a m han er a d moreparticularly to improvements in hollow molded clothes hangers or thetype that are adap e to r y h ein su lie o tic qe m er for e anation otun eii nsrve t moths and like insects.

Th r m y b c of he pr sen i vention i to pr v d a mpr vedndeed arm nthan r structure o the ch ac er eathbe wh ch bodies prov d means fer s rins the banner w h i s m e ai ria Anoth e iect oilthe. v i n is er deimp o ements i m tipar d d clothes. han ers a e the. l ke whereby to eifect economies; manufacture thereof and toprovide finished hangers ofimproved weight and strength ru edness characteristics.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from thespecification hereinafter. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 isa si'ddelevation or? a garment hanger of the invention; 4

Fig.2 is a top plan thereof T Fig. 13.. is a fr'ag'mentar'y s as alongline III'III ofFi'g. 1,'on'an enlar edscaleg. :1"

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of a side wall and insecticidefillingfopening portion of the hangerg' l Fig. 5 is. a section takenalong line V--V of Fig. 4; V H

6 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken along line VI-VI of Fig; 1;I

Fig. 7 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken alon l e VII-evil. 0;Fi 1;.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a side wallopening. portion of the hanger;

Fig. 9 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken along line IXIX of Fig.1; and

Fig. 10 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a hook portion ofthe hanger shown in disassembled relation.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing to comprise a garment hangerbody consisting of a fabrication of two half sections 12-44 which havebeen previously cast or molded to such shapes as to be adapted to beassembled in sideby-side complementing relation along a parting line 15to comprise a single body which is generally of garment hanger-like formin external appearance. However, as illustrated by the sectional viewsof Figs. 3, 6, 7, 9, the body elements are so shaped as to provide theexternal surfaces of the hanger body to be of substantially triangularsection but smoothly rounded. Thus, as illustrated by Fig. 6, forexample, the assembled 2 l m 2.23am

. 2; ha r b d sermon res n s throu hout t e length of the hanger arms anupper rounded gar= m r t. s por ing su iac T9 and do ly i clining andconverging sidewall surfaces 22 .24.

'ljh-us, a dress or coat-like garment to be sup.-

po e up n he han ma b d a d at it h e er-tinneirdfn h h ge b y a w th eneck of.- tliie arme t mp ss n h enlarged central body portion ll of thehanger, in menner a e shoul r po ns of the armen i l b e t n u n nd d ppr pace Z -29 he ha er a m Wh e t wa iql'v an, inwardly herefrqma m o dli-end ngpqr ns f the h bs me t. 7 a

The hanger body sections 12-[4' are formed @9- ,be hollowe as illus r edi to li en the en ire n r ass bly an t sav n ia fand t p ov a oll wchamber ier f t e han r n rai bod d arm means. for: e ei in asu p o nset c uch as paradichloride ben zine or other suitable moth poison orinsecticide. The central body portion ll or. thehan'ger is provided atits opposite side waHsw a eitur s ti T0 of windo -like form;

the margina edefe Q th p ur d; o ns f the hangersbeing formed withalternately spaced ledges 3273.4. whereby a-cl'osure plate 35 maybesimply spring.- fitted at its opposite edges between deemed ledge n w edas to. o er e ch the openings 38. As shown Fig. 1, the-cover plates. itwill e saint y ns ered s ndicat a We torermi-t escap ii sesti ee mestherethrough while being adapted to maintain the stored insecticidematerial interiorly of the hanger. Thumb nail recesses 38 are providedin the side wall portions of the hanger to facilitate insertion of coverplate prying means thereunder whenever it is desired to remove the coverplates in connection with servicing of the insecticide material; and itwill be understood that whenever it is desired to place the cover plates35 in hanger closing position they may be simply sprung manually andslip-fitted at their opposite edge portions into position between thesupport- 7 ing ledges 32-45 and then released so as to ex- "aofthehanger arms slope downinsecticide fumes from the interior of thehanger While a garment is supported thereon without interference by thegarment because the garment held away from contacting the perforatedcover plates by the slopes of the side wall portions of the hanger. Thehanger body elements .|2--l4 are interiorly ribbed as indicated at 44and contiguous parts of the ribbed devices are formed with complementingboss and recess formations to provide positioning telescopic connectionsas indicated at 46 (Figs. 1 and 6) and at 48 (Figs. 1 and 7). Thus, whenthe hanger ele ments l2l4 are assembled together the positioning devices46-48 relatively locate these parts in proper order; and it will beunderstood that the assembly may be finally united by the application ofany suitable cementing or welding medium along the parting line [5.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 10, the suspending hook device of thehanger of the invention is separately molded or otherwise formed intothe desired hook shape to comprise a hook body portion 58 terminating ina bottom end having a reduced neck 52 and an enlarged boss 54 carriedthereby. The boss 54 is of circular shoulder formation, and the enlargedcentral body portion I! of the hanger body is suitably chambered asillustrated in Fig. 3 to receive the reduced neck and. enlarged bossportions of the hook 50 in firmly encompassing relation, whereby uponfinal assembly of the body elements l2-l4 together the lower connectionend of the hook 50 will be firmly locked therein. The ends of the hangerarms may be readily formed to converge inwardly as illustrated at 55 toprovide hook devices for hanging thereon shoulder strap or looped typegarments.

It will be understood that the body and hook elements of the hangerstructure of the invention may be formed of any suitable material, butthe construction design thereof lends itself peculiarly to manufactureof the hanger assembly parts from thermoplastic material such as one ofthe presently available synthetic resin compositions. More specifically,I have found for example that the hanger parts may be made of celluloseacetate type plastic materials because materials of this typesuccessfully resist insecticides of the paradicholoride benzine type,whereas certain other type plastics may tend to soften and deterioratein the presence of such insecticide compounds.

It will of course be understood that although only one form of hangerconstruction of the invention has been illustrated and described indetail herein, various changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger formed of a pair of complemental molded plasticparts united along a junction plane extending at a slight inclination tothe vertical, said plastic parts having opposed cavities formed therein,a supporting hook for the hanger at the central part thereof having abase portion adapted to be embraced between said parts, a hollow chamberformed between the facing cavities in each of said parts for thereception of volatile insecticidal material, said plastic parts havingopenings in the external walls, readily detachable apertured covers forsaid openings, reinforcing ribs extending across the inner walls of saidparts at congruent portions thereof, and interengaging boss and recessformations on said parts for facilitating alignment therebetweenpreparatory to their junction.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional areaof said hanger is of generally triangular outline having a rounded topside with lateral sides which are inclined to the vertical, and saidhanger terminating in inwardly disposed hooked extremities extendingfrom the ends of the hanger for supporting looped-type and shoulderstrap garments, whereby the garments are supported smoothly by saidhanger without hindrance to the volatilization of the insecticidalmaterial stored therewithin.

RICHARD SKLAAR.

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